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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?
(a) selecting the youngest.
(b) arm wrestling.
(c) drawing straws.
(d) selecting the oldest.

2. What is Blackthorne's position before the wreck of the Erasmus?
(a) navigator of the Omi.
(b) pilot-major of the trading ship Erasmus.
(c) translator for the British.
(d) captain of the Santa Theresa.

3. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?
(a) Martin Alvito
(b) Mariko
(c) Hiro-matsu
(d) Rodrigues

4. What are the men given to eat?
(a) putrid fish.
(b) uncooked rice.
(c) sushi
(d) wilted cabbage.

5. Who arrives and almost puts an end to the ruse Toranaga uses for his getaway?
(a) Mariko.
(b) Ishido.
(c) Yaemon.
(d) Father Sebastio.

6. How is Rodrigues when the galley arrives safely in Osaka?
(a) he is dead.
(b) he is delirious.
(c) he is still unconscious.
(d) he is conscious.

7. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?
(a) that it will soon spread to Japan.
(b) that it has nothing to do with him.
(c) that he never participated in it.
(d) that religious differences are a ridiculous reason for war.

8. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?
(a) in a small cubicle.
(b) in a pit.
(c) in a palace.
(d) on the ship.

9. Who knows the true story of the death of Obata Hiro and Toranaga's grandfather?
(a) a blind masseur.
(b) Yabu's consort.
(c) a Portugese.
(d) an old priest.

10. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?
(a) there is no way to reseal it.
(b) Blackthorne is watching.
(c) his religious ideals.
(d) his fear of the priest.

11. What praise does Rodrigues give the Japanese sailors?
(a) they never disobey orders.
(b) they work very cheaply.
(c) they row far past what a normal man would endure.
(d) they are very polite to the pilot.

12. What does Rodrigues believe is in the delivery to Toranaga?
(a) orders to kill Blackthorne.
(b) a catechism written in Japanese.
(c) maps from the Erasmus.
(d) Blackthorne's rutters.

13. How does Buntaro escape death?
(a) Toranaga sends him a horse and orders him to safety.
(b) Rodrigues's galley comes close enough for him to swim.
(c) the soldiers begin to slip and fall off the jetty.
(d) Toranaga's men ambush the soldiers.

14. Who does Suwa know plans to kill Yabu one day?
(a) Su, the uncle of Yabu's enemy, Ikawa Jikkyu.
(b) Yuriko.
(c) Father Sabastio.
(d) Toranaga.

15. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) the religion of the Japanese.
(b) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(c) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.
(d) the rise and fall of the shōguns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?

2. Who sees Blackthorne as dangerous because of his information?

3. Where is Blackthorne taken out of respect for his position?

4. Why is Blackthorne suddenly being treated well?

5. When Blackthorne's name is called, what does he think at first?

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